Lisbon Treaty and Eastern Partnership

Speech at conference of Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Bertelsmann Foundation

18.03.2010, Warsaw

Talk on the Consequences of the Lisbon Treaty for the relationship between the EU and its Eastern neighbours given at a conference organized by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Warsaw and the Bertelsmann Foundation in Warsaw on 18 March 2010. The conference was entitled: The European Union and its Eastern Neighbours – Challenges and new chances of policy shaping.

Others speakers included among others: Marie Luise Beck, Member of the German Bundestag; Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Polish Minister for EU Affairs; Iris Kempe, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Tbilisi; Eugeniusz Smolar, Centre for International Relations, Warsaw; Pawel Swieboda, demosEUROPA, Warsaw; Pirrka Tapiola, General Secretariat of the EU Council, Brussels; and Jose-Ingacio Torreblanca, European Council on Foreign Relations, Madrid.

The expert discussions were based on the policy papers prepared by Polish and foreign experts: Paweł Świeboda, Janis Emmanouilidis, Iris Kempe and Grzegorz Gromadzki.

See event report on the website of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Warsaw.